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S.S. EMLYNIAN, photograph
Black and white photograph (with red paint applied by hand to hull) showing the S.S. 'Emlynian' coming into Barry (inscription is incorrect on reverse). Mounted on card with photographers stamp at bottom right.
S.S. Emlynian (5,112gt) : Built in 1920 by Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. LTD., West Hartlepool for Dragon Shipping Co. LTD., Cardiff (Emlyn Jones & Co. LTD. - Managers). In 1933 she was sold to a Panamanian company and re-named Bolivar. In 1935 she was sold to Bright Navigation Co. LTD., London and re-named Brightorian. In 1936 she was sold to a Chinese company and re-named Kao Sing. In 1938 she was sold to a Japanese company and re-named Yamagiku Maru. June 28, 1944 she was torpedoed and sunk by U.S.S. Pargo in the Malacca Strait.